3944 stories by Philip Conneller
Las Vegas Drai’s Nightclub Shooter Benjamin Frazier Sentenced for Row Over $30 Club Entry That Left One Man Dead, Two Injured
Benjamin Frazier -- whose impetuous actions with a gun at Drai’s nightclub in Las Vegas in 2013 left one man dead and two security guards injured -- has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison for his crimes. Frazier pleaded...
Cleaning Lady Cleans Up with $103 Million World-Record Online Gambling Payout
A German cleaning lady has claimed the largest ever online gambling payout -- €90 million ($103 million) -- an achievement confirmed this week by officials from the The Guinness Book of World Records. The happy hausfrau -- known only as “Christina” --...
New York Governor Cuomo Sends $12.3 Million to City of Niagara Falls, Squeezed by Seneca Casino Payment Drought
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has sent $12.3 million in financial relief to the cash-strapped City of Niagara Falls. The city has been struggling with a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall ever since the Seneca tribe stopped sharing its slot machine profits with the...
Caesars Japan Unveils Plans for Yokohama ‘Great Wave’ Integrated Resort
Caesars wants to be big in Japan. At a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, the US casino giant’s Japanese arm revealed its proposal for an integrated resort, which it submitted to the municipal government of Yokohama as part of the city’s...
New Jersey Bill Would Allow Atlantic City Casinos to Employ Workers with Drug Convictions
The New Jersey State Senate will vote Thursday on a bill that would allow ex-drug offenders to be employed by Atlantic City casinos. Under existing law, people who have convictions for drugs are barred from holding a key casino employee license, which...
Deadbeat Gambler Found Guilty of Murdering Casino Worker with One Punch at Eldorado Casino in Reno
A sore loser who punched a casino worker at the Eldorado Casino in downtown Reno, killing him, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. On Tuesday, Frederick Borden, 65, was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Eldorado assistant...
Odds on Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court Confirmation Nosedive on Sexual Misconduct Claims
Brett Kavanaugh’s odds of taking his seat on the US Supreme Court have fallen sharply since Sunday when a second woman came forward to accuse the Trump nominee of sexual misconduct. Two weeks ago, Kavanaugh was such a shoo-in for the job...
New Jersey Goes Crazy for Sports Betting as DraftKings Processes Two Millionth Bet
New Jersey sports betting is going through the roof, according to DraftKings. The daily fantasy sports giant-turned New Jersey sports book operator took its two-millionth bet at some point over the weekend. DraftKings announced via Twitter on Thursday that it expected to...
Woman Sues Rivers Casino Schenectady for $25,000 Denied Prize Due to Missing Asterisk
Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady, Upstate New York, faces a legal suit from a disgruntled gambler who believes she was robbed of her rightful claim to a brand new Jaguar XE, The Daily Gazette reports. Deana Dipfoli’s name was the first...
Caesars, Melco, MGM, and Wynn Submit Japan Casino Plans to City of Yokohama
Japan’s second-biggest city, Yokohama, has received 12 proposals for integrated resorts following a request for information (RFI) process that concluded on September 21, local newspaper, the Kanagawa Shimbun reports. Among the hopefuls are eight international operators, including and Caesars, Melco Resorts, MGM...
